Should You Buy a Home Now? The Truth Behind Interest Rates and Timing
Ken McElroy Show
Ken McElroy
4.7 • 712 Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Ken McElroyd podcast. Today we're going to be discussing the part of the housing |
| 0:10.0 | market that is selling faster than any other. And I think that this will surprise you. We're also |
| 0:16.0 | going to get to how the government shutdown will affect the real estate market. And lastly, how do you know if it's a |
| 0:23.0 | good time to buy a home? We're going to deep dive into this so you can compare it to your own |
| 0:27.7 | personal experience. Yeah, so let's jump right in. I was actually kind of surprised at the data |
| 0:33.0 | that you pulled up on this, right? Yeah, so when you're looking at the part of the housing market |
| 0:37.4 | that's selling faster than any other, you have're looking at the part of the housing market that's |
| 0:37.7 | selling faster than any other, you have to look at the data. And the data is surprising. |
| 0:42.4 | Yeah. Well, it's the high end. Yeah. Like it's really interesting. I guess if you really look at this, |
| 0:48.9 | we do know that we have 50,000 baby boomers retiring each and every day. |
| 0:54.5 | That has been going on for some time. |
| 0:57.4 | But what's really, really interesting is there are some markets that have gotten really |
| 1:02.6 | pricey and other markets that haven't as much. |
| 1:06.5 | And so you're starting to see people make decisions with their money, try to figure out where they want to be. |
| 1:12.6 | Even if they grew up somewhere, we're starting to see relocations. |
| 1:16.4 | And, you know, you're starting to see some of these really, really warm areas, obviously Florida, Arizona, Texas. |
| 1:24.1 | Tennessee's been off the hook, areas of North Carolina. |
| 1:29.7 | And, you know, so people are like going to these places and they're actually buying all cash. Yeah. Which is really, really interesting. |
| 1:35.5 | I was looking at, we live in Paradise Valley, Arizona. And the majority of the homes that are |
| 1:42.6 | being sold here are all cash. |
| 1:45.9 | So, and by the way, guys, you know, we're talking about $10, $20 million in cash, |
| 1:50.9 | which is just beyond the leaf, right? |
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